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WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 29, 2014 | VOL. 117 NO. 68 | MARSHALL UNIVERSITY’S STUDENT NEWSPAPER | marshallparthenon.com to perform in Huntington

By MARK WILLIAMS THE PARTHENON - one of ’s biggest album, “Black Gives Way to “The Devil Put Dinosaurs- draws. Eight Grammy nomi Blue,” in 2009, and followed it Here,” hitting Australia, of Alicethe in1990s, Chains, announced one of the nations, chart topping singles with the release of “The Devil Singapore, the U.S. and the Eu biggest alternative rock acts and several multi-platinum Put Dinosaurs Here” in May ropean festival circuit along albums were overshadowed of 2013. The latter debuted at- the way. Tuesday that the band will- by the tragic death of troubled No. 2 on the Billboard charts Pre-sale tickets for the make its Huntington debut lead singer Layne Staley in and spawned two No. 1 sin Huntington show will be May 16 at the Big Sandy Su 2002. gles, “Hollow” and “Stone.” The available through the band’s perstore Arena. In an unlikely success story,- recent resurgence confirmed website Wednesday. The The Seattle band, best Alice in Chains resurfaced in the band as one of the most public on-sale date at the Big wasknown at forthe hits forefront like “Rooster,” of the 2005 with new vocalist Wil celebrated acts in alternative SandyMark SuperstoreWilliams Arenacan boxbe “” and “Would,” liam DuVall, formerly the music nearly two decades after- contactedoffice is 10 a.m.williams778@ Friday. frontman of rock band its initial rise to stardom. marshall.edu. JAY L. CLENDENIN | LOS ANGELES TIMES | MCT grunge movement in the early Comes With The Fall. The band The band will be touring re 1990s and quickly became released the now certified gold lentlessly in 2014 supporting Orpheum ICE ON THE OHIO Project Tuesday’s subzero temperatures freeze river into chunks to screen del Toro’s “Cronos” Wednesday

By MARK WILLIAMS THE PARTHENON The Orpheum Project, a group of Huntington’s film enthusiasts, will screen the classic science fiction movie “Cronos” at 6 p.m. Wednesday at the Cabell County Library. in This1993 version and is a of remake “Cronos” of Kurt was directed by Guillermo del Toro-

Neuman’s version, which was re ofleased Huntington in 1957. residents, Jesse The project is the brainchild inspired on a recent trip to Nash- Riggs and Max Nolte. Riggs was PHOTOS BY ANDREA STEELE | THE PARTHENON - Ice stretches from Chesapeake, Ohio across state lines to Huntington, left, ville, where he visited a restored while large sheets of ice crash into one another on near the banks of Ohio, theater house, the Belcourt The right, as seen from the Robert C. Byrd Bridge between Chesapeake and historicatre. In danger site and of demolition,created a non- the Huntington Tuesday morning. community rallied around the profit organization to help save THE PARTHENON At press time, the National National Weather Service it. Now the Belcourt Theatre is a The minus 3 degree low Weather Service in Charleston predicts sunny skies Wednes- thriving resource in Nashville for caused the Ohio River to freeze had issued a Winter Chill Advi- day but a mere 20 degree independent and classic films, as- Tuesday north of Huntington. sory effective in the area until high with lows dipping to tington’swell as live own performances. historic Hyman A veneer of roughly one-inch noon Wednesday. Wind chills eight degrees in the evening. With the recent closing of Hun thick ice formed between the are expected to fall between The Parthenon can be West Virginia and Ohio boards negative 10 and 20 degrees contacted at parthenon@ Theatre, Riggs was compelled to with sheets estimated at 30 during the period accord- marshall.edu. take action. ing organization release. The “I really hated to see it go,”- Riggs said. feet across flowing downriver. The initial phase of the Or Barker,pheum suggested Project was to slowRiggs going that until local filmmaker, Shane $1500 donation could mean 50 hours of tutoring the library would be a good place upto to start. the Asidea a and former contacted librarian the By JESSICA ROSS level of education,” Painter “An investment of this na- According to the HELP Cen- the grant from an economic employee, Riggs soon warmed- THE PARTHENON said. “This scholarship do- ture will provide 50 hours of ter’s application for the grant, standpoint. Nationally, 22.5 A scholarship grant was do- nation will directly impact tutoring for a student in our two students who demon- percent of children 17 and West Virginia Library Commis nated Jan. 15 by Enterprise that.” community who is struggling strate a need will receive 25 younger live below the pov- sion in Charleston. Holdings to assist with the Enterprise Holdings is the to keep pace academically be- hours of tutoring during the erty line. In West Virginia, the “They were more than willing funding of Marshall’s HELP parent company of Enter- cause of a diagnosed learning school year. percentage is 25.7 percent, to help,” Riggs said. “The whole Center. prise Rent-A-Car, National In the community HELP and locally the numbers are process turned out to be really Debbie Painter, director of Rent-A-Car and Alamo Rent- Painter said. division, students in grades even worse. easy. I couldn’t believe how many Marshall University’s HELP A-Car. The grant was donated disabilityThe nationally or attention acclaimed deficit,” 1-12 are provided tutors to In Cabell County, the pov- classics they had that were just- Center, accepted the $1,500 by Enterprise Holding’s char- HELP program, which has work with to improve their erty rate for children is 35.3 mer,sitting the there Orpheum not being Project used.” has donation on behalf of the itable arm, The Foundation. served students with learning skills in reading, spelling, percent, which means that ev- Since its inception last sum community division of HELP, The HELP program’s grant disabilities such as attention writing, math, organization ery three children live below which serves local school application drew attention and self-esteem building. the poverty line. The 50 hours screened classics like “The children. to the need for scholarship The program allows stu- of tutoring will help those Wizard of Oz” and “One Flew “The core of what we do at funding in its community (ADD/ADHD)deficit disorder They and attentionalso as- dents to progress as fast as Over the Cookoo’s Nest,” as HELP is to provide students division. Based on census sistdeficit students hyperactivity at Marshall disorder. and they are able and as slow as assistance. well as experimental films like with the tools, training and statistics, 1 in 3 children in students grades K-12 in Cabell they need. familiesJessica in Ross need can of financialbe con- “Eraserhead” and “Dawn of the tutelage they need to be suc- Cabell County is living below County and the surrounding The grant application also tacted at jessica.ross@ Dead.” See CRONOS | Page 5 cessful across their present the poverty line. areas. highlighted the need for marshall.edu. 275787 MARSHALL CAREER SERVICES C M Y K 50 INCH

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WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 29, 2014 | | MARSHALLPARTHENON.COM Obama will force federal contractors to raise minimum wage By ANITA KUMAR It worked. address, Obama planned to say estimate of how many workers A National Employment Law lawmakers to pass a proposal to MCCLATCHY WASHINGTON On Tuesday, Obama, frustrated he’ll sign an executive order to the change would affect, though Project study found that about 75 raise the minimum wage for all BUREAU (MCT) that Congress has refused to raise raise the minimum wage from supporters guess that the number percent of such workers earn less workers to $10.10 per hour by For years, liberal groups the minimum wage for all Ameri- $7.25 to $10.10 per hour for would reach into the hundreds of than $10 an hour. 2015. A legislative increase would privately — and unsuccessfully — cans, announced that he’ll use his employees involved in future thousands, including those who Obama’s action will be more affect 27 million workers, accord- pressed President Barack Obama executive power to increase sala- government contracts as a way to serve food and wash dishes, clean limited than advocates had ing to an analysis of census data to use the power of the federal ries for hundreds of thousands of lower turnover, boost morale and laundry and buildings, and manu- hoped, affecting only future or re- by the nonpartisan Economic government’s purse to raise the workers with the stroke of a pen. increase productivity. facture military uniforms. Federal negotiated contracts. Policy Institute. minimum wage for employees It’s the latest example in the evo- “The announcement today is spending on contracts reached Still, they cheered the decision, “The president clearly shares whose companies had contracts lution of his use of power, from a huge victory for every worker more than $500 billion in 2012. the frustration of working fami- with the federal government. Last a critic of his predecessor as too who took to the streets last sum- Two million Americans work increasing the minimum wage lies waiting for Congress to year, after Obama again failed prone to executive actions to an mer demanding to be paid a wage on federal contracts, according to forcalling all workers, it a “first astep” move to thatCongress most pass an urgently needed and to act, they changed strategies, incumbent increasingly willing to they deserve,” said Rep. Keith El- a report by Demos, a public policy Americans support, according to overdue increase in the federal launching a public campaign do the same. lison, D-Minn. organization, though only some of recent polls. complete with employee strikes. In his State of the Union The White House offered no them receive the minimum wage. Obama renewed his call for See OBAMA | Page 5 Accrediting As Lunar New Year approaches, Beijing Lawmakers panel comes considers fireworks ban to curb pollution worry about sex under fire trafficking at By CARLA RIVERA Super Bowl LOS ANGELES TIMES (MCT) In the last year, a little-known By SAM STURGIS panel of educators has been MCCLATCHY WASHINGTON denounced by state lawmak- BUREAU (MCT) ers, sued by San Francisco’s city In a chamber at standing- attorney and faulted by the fed- room-only capacity, with eral government for violating photographs of young victims its own policies. Critics have called the Ac- House of Representatives panel crediting Commission for heldflashing a hearing from Monday TV screens, to raise a Community and Junior Colleges awareness about human traf- tyrannical, vindictive and out of control. among the legislators is this The catalyst was the agency’s Sunday’sficking. Of Super immediate Bowl, an concern event move last summer to withdraw that is thought to heighten the accreditation from City Col- demand for forced prostitution. lege of San Francisco. What is “We know that from the past, typically a sober administra- any sports venue — especially tive process thrust the Novato, the Super Bowl — acts as a sex- Calif.-based panel into the middle of a national debate Christopher H. Smith, R-N.J., over whether agencies that chairmantrafficking of magnet,” the House said subcom Rep.- are intended to hold colleges mittee on Africa, global health, and universities to high stan- global human rights and inter- dards themselves need more national organizations. oversight. STUART LEAVENWORTH | MCT The Super Bowl, America’s The accrediting panel has Wei Bo, marketing director for the Beijing office of Panda Fireworks, shows off an app that allows customers to scan a barcode on a fireworks most-watched sporting event handed out a huge number package and then see a video of how the pyrotechnics will perform. With Chinese concerned about the country’s severe air pollution problem, and one that cities across the of sanctions — far more than there’s a concern that the use of fireworks will be prohibited for celebration of the lunar new year this year. nation compete to host, has in- other regional agencies in the creasingly faced scrutiny as a rest of the country. Administra- By STUART LEAVENWORTH won universal acclaim, either start of the Lunar New Year week. If travel wasn’t stress- tors and faculty up and down MCCLATCHY FOREIGN STAFF nationally or on Sina Weibo, ful enough, there’s all kinds of forced sex labor. Although no de- the state say the group demands (MCT) China’s version of Twitter. banned. If they are, it could gift-giving expectations. And draw for human trafficking and far too much from colleges and Imagine New York’s Times Numerous commenters sup- teston Fridayauthorities’ if fireworks ability areto relies far too little on students’ Square without the ball drop, port the conditional ban, and control a Chinese custom that While Americans now gen- menfinitive and figures the party exist, atmosphere advocates academic progress. or London without the ringing online petitions may have dates back at the latest to the erallythen there mark are the the Fourth fireworks. of July thatargue surrounds that the the large event influx make of In higher education, these of Big Ben. Beijing is prepar- helped prompt the govern- Song dynasty, of the 12th cen- it a hot spot for individuals who ing for its own big celebration ment to propose it. But a large tury A.D. displays and some sparklers exploit women and children. Colleges that lose accreditation — the Lunar New Year — number of netizens see it as “The government is in a di- onwith the organizedfront lawn, Beijing fireworks is “Major sporting events like agencies wield huge influence: but may mark the holiday a misdirected move by nanny lemma,” said Weng Gengchen, known for an epic riot of py- the Super Bowl create a unique can ruin a school’s reputation - bureaucrats out of touch with a research fellow at the Insti- rotechnics during the Lunar surge in demand for sex ser- andcan’t even offer cause financial it to close. aid, which works, a Chinese tradition and the people. tute of Atmospheric Physics New Year. For hours, at the be- vices,” Carol Smolenski told An agency evaluation team invention.this week with a ban on fire “Extreme stupidity,” wrote at the Chinese Academy of ginning and end of the festival, the panel, stating that 100,000 found that City College, which City authorities have one. “The government doesn’t Sciences. Authorities, he said, the skies across much of the children across the country are enrolls more than 80,000 stu- warned that if weather pat- do a good job of environmen- want to respect tradition and city boom with explosions and victims of forced sexual labor. dents, had not done enough to terns are conducive to choking tal protection with industries. let people enjoy the Spring are ablaze with color, not just Smolenski, executive director of balance its budget to meet the air pollution in the next few Instead it blames the very Festival while balancing con- days, they may ban residents cerns over public safety. from those created by illicit, organization, said the Super The school also was found to be from their usual mass-igni- “There are so much exhaust Chinese New Year, known as small-scalefrom authorized manufacturers. fireworks but BowlECPAT-USA, is an easy an target anti-trafficking for both campuses’ financial obligations. tion of pyrotechnics. In other emissions,”small amount wrote of fireworks.” another ne- Spring Festival here, is China’s Over the years, Beijing au- the supply and demand of - tizen. “You don’t manage them most anticipated and dreaded thorities have struggled to forced sex labor because of the amongdeficient other in itsthings. administration, works could be derailed by the and now you won’t let the peo- celebration of the year. Hun- - accessibility of hotels and trans- staffingBut supporters and facility of the repairs,college Yearwords, of theYear Hoarse. of the Horse fire ple have one day of delight?” dreds of millions of people are der control. After widespread portation networks. Like many government on the move, visiting friends keep the fiery celebrations un See PANEL| Page 5 edicts in China, this one hasn’t know until just before the and family around the big See FIREWORKS| Page 5 See SUPER| Page 5 City officials say they won’t Time will determine Bernanke’s economic legacy

By KEVIN G. HALL was measured in dog years. textbook with Bernanke. “What explained, the consequences isolated, contained event. least-remembered Fed chairs MCCLATCHY WASHINGTON Two years into his tenure, the the Fed did at that time (in the of inaction would be cata- - in history. I think the opposite BUREAU (MCT) 1930s) was follow standard strophic,” Bush wrote. “As cess in 2005, there wasn’t talk of happened and events thrust As Ben Bernanke prepared a near-collapse in the summer practice in the face of this mas- unfair as it was to use the a loomingDuring his housing confirmation crisis or prothat him into the spotlight, where to lead the Federal Reserve offinancial 2008. system unraveled in sive shock to the economy. … I American people’s money to Wall Street banks had taken he did not want to be. Talk in January 2006, the former Already the nation’s leading think Ben’s greatest contribu- prevent a collapse for which on unsafe amounts of risk. The about being out of your com- Princeton University professor expert on the Great Depres- tion is … that he was creative, they weren’t responsible, it closest issue to controversy fort zone.” and economic historian con- sion, Bernanke was determined that he thought about the im- would be even more unfair to was if Bernanke’s committing In March 2008, Bernanke not to repeat the Fed’s passive pact of the shock across many do nothing and leave them to helped broker an unprece- hoped he’d be one of the least- response of the 1930s. Instead, dimensions.” suffer the consequences.” of 2 percent would threaten the rememberedfided to colleagues chairmen that of the he he attacked the crisis with ag- In his memoir, “Decision Notwithstanding the bold Fed’sto a publishedcredibility. inflation target bank Bear Stearns to JPMorgan Federal Reserve. gressive and creative moves Points,” former President “Before he took the job, I Chase.dented Months fire sale later, of investment attempts Eight years later, he’s leaving designed to keep the economy George W. Bush recalled how caught Bernanke and the rest think Ben was really looking to to do the same with Lehman the post likely to be the most moving forward at all cost. Bernanke convinced him that ofmoves, the economic the financial profession crisis by continue the (Alan) Greenspan Brothers failed, and crisis en- remembered. “He kept us out of Great bold steps were needed to ar- surprise, no doubt something years. Things looked like they sued with a vengeance. Bernanke ends his second Depression II,” said Dean that’ll remain part of his legacy, were in pretty good shape,” The Fed used powers few four-year term as Fed chair- Croushore, an economics pro- crisis of epic proportions. too. Bernanke later admitted said Croushore, who maintains knew it had to rescue global man on Jan. 31, a stretch that fessor at the University of rest“The an market unfolding had financialceased that he regretted thinking that a friendship with Bernanke. to him might have felt like it Richmond and co-author of a to function. And as Ben had the housing crisis was an “He wanted to be one of the See BERNANKE | Page 5

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WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 29, 2014 | | MARSHALLPARTHENON.COM Herd tramples Morehead State By BRAXTON CRISP is way more interesting to have tough games THE PARTHENON than to just win a game easily.” The Marshall University Thundering Herd Oppinger said her opponent, New Zealander tennis team came away with its second victory Briar Preston, did a good job of forcing her to of the season with a 5-2 win over the Morehead her backhand shot, which wasn’t as effective State University Golden Eagles Tuesday at the as her forehand. Huntington Tennis Club in Barboursville. “I think my forehand was pretty good today,” The Herd won the doubles point via wins by Oppinger said. “I moved around pretty good, the duos sophomore Dana Oppinger and fresh- my net play was good, but I had some prob- lems with my backhand and she was trying to and freshman Rachael Morales. The match force me to my backhand to open up the court withman Deryasenior Turhan, Karli Timko and junior and freshmanKai Broomfield Anna from that side.” Pomyatinskaya was won by forfeiture. Oppinger added that she had a prime op- In singles action, the Herd won four of the portunity to send her match against Preston to six matches, including Morales by default, a champion’s tiebreaker in the second set after Timko over Hayley Wild [6-1, 6-1], Pomyat- inskaya over Sandrine Beaule [6-1, 6-3] and “In the second set, I was up 5-2 and had a chancelosing the to firstwin theset 1-6,second but set,couldn’t but I capitalize. didn’t use [6-4, 6-1]. my chances,” Oppinger said. “I didn’t continue Broomfield“My serve over was Dominique-Chanteworking really well McLean today, the way I was playing before and that’s prob- but she was really inconsistent on her serve,” ably why I lost the match.” With the team victory, Marshall will ride gave me a lot of free points off of that.” a two match winning streak into a Saturday BroomfieldThe singles said. matches “She double-faulted for both Oppinger a lot and home match against in-state rival West Vir- BRAXTON CRISP | THE PARTHENON Marshall sophomore No. 1 singles Dana Oppinger Turhan went to tiebreakers, with the Herd los- ginia on Saturday at the Huntington Tennis winds up for a forehand against Morehead State ing both. The crowd was deeply engrossed in Club. Broomfield said she is looking forward Tuesday. Oppinger ranks in the top 20 singles matches as the Herd and Eagles were neck- to taking victory from the Mountaineers, players in the Intercollegiate Tennis Association after losing 4-3 in last year’s match in Atlantic region. Oppinger said hearing the cheers after each Morgantown. pointand-neck she until won the got final her point. adrenaline pumping “We lost to them last year and we’re ready for “I love to be on the court when a lot of peo- it.”“We’re gunning for them,” Broomfield said. pleand areencouraged here and her cheering,” to keep fighting.Oppinger said. “I Braxton Crisp can be contacted at love those tough moments because I think it [email protected]. Taylor earns conference recognition Northwestern HERDZONE.COM After nearly averaging a football players seek double-double over a two- game week of Conference USA matchups, Marshall freshman to join labor union forward Ryan Taylor (Indianap- By TEDDY GREENSTEIN and receiver who completed CHICAGO TRIBUNE (MCT) his college football career by being named C-USA Fresh- Kain Colter called Tuesday a in December, said he hopes manolis) wasof the recognized Week for forthe his second play “historic day,” one that began time this season, the league of- with a 7:45 a.m. meeting with community will applaud his stance.that Fitzgerald and the NU The weekly awards are Colter informed the North- “I loved attending North- chosenfice announced by a media Monday. panel repre- westernPat Fitzgerald coach in what Evanston. lay ahead western,” he said. “It taught senting the 16 member schools. — an 11:30 a.m. news confer- me how to be a great leader In a road win against Rice ence at the Hyatt Regency in and thinker. I hope (coaches (Jan. 23), Taylor tied for the Chicago where Colter would team lead in scoring with 18 become the face of a new and agree with me. Coach points, while having added movement. and officials) will be proud- eight rebounds. His long-range ive of anything that makes the - HERDZONE.COM history of college sports, student-athleteFitzgerald said he isexperience support Freshman forward Ryan Taylor drives the ball against North Texas Jan 16. in the Cam Henderson Center. athletesFor the are firstasking time to be in rep the- better.” fromefficiency beyond helped the thearc. ThunderBefore a resented by a labor union. In a Sept. 21 game against ing Herd as he finished 3-of-5- rebounds with a 10-of-19 guard Kareem Canty (Harlem, On the season, Taylor ranks ESPN.com broke the story Maine, Colter and players siana Tech (Jan. 25), Taylor mark from the field (52.6 per- N.Y.) has received the honor second on the Marshall active from Georgia and Georgia postednear-sold the outsixth crowd double-double at Loui cent) and a 12-of-16 showing three times this season (Dec. Ramogi Huma, president of Tech wore a wristband with of his freshman campaign on 17 from the charity stripe (75 2, 9 and 16). Five Freshman in rebounds (7.5). His six dou- theTuesday National morning, College quotingPlayers the hashtag (pound sign)APU, - percent). of the Week awards in a sea- ble-doublesroster in points are (13.9)also a Marshalland first Association. which stands for “All Players ish as the team leader in both This marks the 15th C-USA son marks the second most best this season. United.” categoriespoints and in11 a reboundslosing effort. to fin Freshman of the Week honor in a season for the Herd, with Marshall will return to action college athletes a seat at the Colter said other NU play- On the week, Taylor av- in the history of Marshall the most having been six against FIU on Thursday at 7 p.m. “This is about finally giving ers also wrote “(pound sign) eraged 17.5 points and 9.5 men’s basketball. Freshman (2009-10). in the Cam Henderson Center. linebacker, told ESPN.com. APU” on wristbands or towels table,” Huma, a former UCLA but none came forward. Chicago on behalf of foot- Among the things that the ballHuma players filed at theNorthwestern, petition in College Athletes Players Asso- submitting the form at the ciation, the name of the group that would represent the Jersey feels snubbed by focus on Big Apple players, would push for are leastregional 30 officepercent of theof Nationalemploy- medical bills to be paid and By GREG COTE Tuesday’s annual cattle-call called Media eesLabor (in Relationsthis case, at Board. least 27 At scholarship protection, Colter THE MIAMI HERALD (MCT) Jersey is already complaining. Day, a Super Bowl staple to be staged in- NU players) need to be in said at the news conference. Super Bowl With a Smirk is back with initialEast plan Rutherford to steal themayor toboggan James flume.) Cassella doors at the Prudential Center in Newark. Colter called the college a daily light-hearted needle and jab at the said the SB is being covered like “a New The event is expected to draw thousands of document. The next step is a sports system a “dictatorship York event.” Sen. Cory Booker, D-N.J., said, media, despite it being in Newark. formalfavor of election, the union which to file is thesu- ... college athletes don’t have a big game. Flying under the banner “Make “I passed ‘miffed’ a while ago. I mean this More residue of playing an outdoor Su- voice.” Fun,self-important Not War,” NFLSmirk and is thean gravitasannual Superof its is ridiculous.” per Brrr in bitter winter: You can get a - Said Colter, “I am honored Bowl Week feature in the Miami Herald ex- - ticket for about $1,200, which brokers ments,pervised Colter by the told NLRB. the Chicago to try and change college foot- cept years when we forget to do it. pered New Jersey bully-Gov. Chris Christie call the lowest SB cost since at least 2002. TribuneIn his that first college public football com ball for the better.” Well, the stage is set for the big battle. is planningI cannot to confirm close all rumors outbound that lanes hot-tem from I loved Don Shula’s initial reaction when players “need to have some- The other Northwestern Two rivals, one the favorite, one the un- Jersey leading to Super Bowl Boulevard. one looking out for our best players who signed cards derdog, neither giving an inch. What? Oh, New Jersey’s well-earned inferiority “Why!” he said. interests.” seeking union protection you thought I meant Denver vs. Seattle? complex reminds me of when Miami hosts told—The the NFLrevamped had given Pro theBowl game in Hawaii to NY/NJ: un- He cautioned that this is not will not comment, preferring No I mean New York vs. New Jersey as the - about pushing for college ath- that Colter be their spokes- two states divided by the Hudson River lay dale feels left out. The key difference? Fort Sunday night. Jerry Rice’s team beat Deion letes to get paid. man. They issued a statement claim to which is the real Super Bowl host. a Super Bowl and a pouting Fort Lauder Sanders’officially team, kicked 22-21, off Super and nobody Bowl Week cared. on “A lot of people will think saying, “We Northwestern The game itself is in East Rutherford, people who understandably want to get —The Broncos landed in Newark on this is all about money; it’s football players are grateful N.J., of course, and both team hotels are in theLauderdale hell out of is New a vacation Jersey. destination for Sunday at 3:30 p.m. and the Seahawks at 7. not,” he said. “We’re asking for for our opportunity to play Jersey City, but other than that it’s all Big —Unnamed sources tell Smirk this may a seat at the table to get our football for a prestigious Apple. National coverage is calling it the about right. voice heard.” university and athletic pro- Bowl ever. We’ll be following this story Hmm.—Spoiler Denver alert! by 31/2 Broncos ... yeah, will that beat sounds Se- Regarding the prospects of gram. However, just as other in Manhattan is home to the main media closely.be the first outdoor cold-weather Super ahawks, 31-28 in overtime, according to - athletes who compete in center“New York and Supermost major Bowl,” activities, and Times including Square —This just in: One change in the early the 11th annual Madden video-game simu- erything now is in the hands multibillion dollar industries Super Bowl injury report. The Seahawks lation. Then again, Predictionmachine.com ofunionizing, the lawyers. Colter We’re said: not “Ev ex- have done, we must secure theme fan attraction along Broadway set to have added cornerback Richard Sherman computers played the game 50,000 times pecting a decision to be made and maintain comprehensive open“Super Wednesday Bowl Boulevard,” featuring a a 13-block 60-foot-high, NFL- and call a Seattle win 54.8 percent likely. In right away. It might take a protections by asserting the 180-foot-long toboggan ride. —The outspoken Sherman and, of other words, nobody knows anything. year or two or go all the way rights afforded to us under (The area will be watched by 200 secu- course,(inflated Peyton ego). Manning are expected to to the Supreme Court.” rity cameras, seriously inhibiting Smirk’s be the predictable go-to attractions at See JERSEY | Page 5 See UNION | Page 5

page designed and edited by WILL VANCE | [email protected] Colter, a star quarterback C M Y K 50 INCH 4 Opinion WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 29, 2014 | | MARSHALLPARTHENON.COM EDITORIAL Online Polls Not too late for influenza vaccines YOU CAN BE HERD Which team do you want to win the Who will win Album of the Year at is down from 45 percent in the 2012- prevention tactics, especially because the Super Bowl? this year’s Grammy Awards? been marked as the most dangerous in 2013 season. viruses aren’t just targeting children and recentThe 2013-2014years, yet at influenza the same seasontime there has Normally, young children and senior the elderly. The Denver Broncos Daft Punk 25% has been a decline in the number of vac- Young adults should take control of The Seattle Seahawks Macklemore & Ryan Lewis 58% cines distributed. I don’t have a preference Taylor Swift 17% There has been a spike in the number thiscitizens season are theis particularly two groups hardof people on those that inare the susceptible 24-35 year to age flu viruses.range, as However, was the themselvestheir health and and others consider from thea potentially benefits Voice your opinion. It is your right. Answer our poll at with 40 states reporting widespread ac- case with the death in Cabell County. life-threateningof receiving a fluvirus. vaccine in protecting www.marshallparthenon.com or tweet us your answer at @MUParthenon. tivityof flu-related through the deaths week across of Jan. the 5. country The rationale for most, especially The good news is that it’s not too late That same week, Cabell County re- NATIONAL EDITORIAL therefore, why bother with a vaccine? season. 2013-2014 season. young adults, is that the flu is not serious, to Accordingreceive vaccinations to the Centers for this for year’s Disease flu portedDespite its this, first flu-relatedthe number death of vaccina for the- the number of reported illnesses and - Smoking is worse than you thought tions is down. In December, the CDC However, this is being disproved through cines are recommended so long as the reported that only 40 percent of Ameri- more than just the common cold, so it’s virusesControl andare Prevention’sstill circulating, website, and it’sflu vacim- THE BALTIMORE SUN (MCT) lost productivity. importantdeaths associated to understand with the the flu severity viruses. and It’s portant to get vaccinated every year. It’s been half a century since The surgeon general’s re- - port makes clear that America cans had received a flu shot this year. This al’s report appeared linking can no longer remain a nation smokingthe first to U.S. lung surgeon cancer. generIn the of smokers. In recent decades decades that followed, federal the number of Americans who smoke has declined precipi- a vigorous public information tously as a result of effective and stateeducation health campaignofficials waged that anti-smoking advertising convinced millions of Ameri- campaigns that have raised cans to kick the habit. But as a awareness of the risks associ- new surgeon general’s report ated with tobacco use. In 1965, this month warned, smok- 42 percent of American adults ing remains the leading cause smoked, but by 2012 that num- of preventable deaths in the ber had dropped to just 18 percent. The surgeon general consequences for individuals estimates anti-smoking mea- areUnited even States,more lethal and than its healthprevi- sures have saved some 8 million ously believed. Americans from premature smoking-related deaths during have died prematurely from the last 50 years, but smoking- smoking-relatedSome 20 million illnesses Americans since related illnesses still claim 1964. The new report found nearly half a million American that in addition to lung cancer lives every year. and heart disease, smoking That is why lawmakers need causes liver and colorectal can- to strengthen public policies cer, Type 2 diabetes, age-related that encourage adult smokers macular degeneration, erectile to quit and dissuade non-smok- dysfunction and rheumatoid ar- ers from starting the habit. thritis. It weakens the immune That especially true for young system, aggravates asthma and people, who are particularly has been linked to cleft lips and vulnerable to the addictive na- palates in fetuses. Merely being ture of tobacco use and who MCT CAMPUS exposed to secondhand smoke can’t easily appreciate the long- can cause strokes. term consequences of taking up COLUMN It’s surely safe to say that no the habit. Discouraging smok- other product legally on the ing among youth is one of the market is both so addictive most effective ways of reducing and has so great a potential for future health costs and lawmak- Pete Seeger raised his voice killing those who use it. Yet be- ers must look at all options to cause those risks accumulate keep them from lighting up. slowly over a period of many Americans have come a long for people, peace and justice years or decades, its victims are often unaware of the irrepa- grave risks of tobacco use both By STEVE PAUL to peace and community at a time of high rable damage they are doing to forway the toward individual recognizing and for soci the- THE KANSAS CITY STAR (MCT) course). their bodies until it is too late. ety as a whole. But there’s not Fifty years ago, school rooms, churches baiting years of the 1950s and early ’60s and Street occupiers (“We Shall Overcome,” of And ironically smokers today been the same commitment and countless open-air assemblies around hisanxieties. conviction He was (later past overturned) the nastiness for of refusingthe red- are at higher risk of developing to eliminate tobacco-related the country resounded with words arranged to testify before a congressional witch hunt. told“He the sawBBC early music Tuesday. as a tool “That for hadn’t change,” hap- some illnesses than were smok- deaths as there was for eradi- “I am not going to answer any questions penedSeeger’s before.” grandson, Kitama Cahill Jackson, ers of an earlier era because of cating other global killers such “We shall overcome, we shall overcome ...” as to my association, my philosophical or re- changes in cigarette manufac- as smallpox, polio and malaria. andThe adapted song becameby Pete Seeger.the anthem of the civil ligious beliefs or my political beliefs, or how I ture and chemical composition. The surgeon general’s report rights movement. It united black and white. voted in any election, or any of these private Seeger championed folk music traditions. Tobacco is probably the only calls on Americans to address It carried emotional weight. It moved a affairs,” he announced to the panel. “I think He recycled traditional and gospel songs. He consumer product that has ac- smoking deaths with similar generation. these are very improper questions for any whatwas a hadmaster been of thean five-stringacoustic-instrument banjo. He wasap- tually gotten worse for people’s urgency by enacting tougher And to think of it, the song was only one of American to be asked, especially under such proachnone too to pleased folk. when Bob Dylan electrified health than it was 50 years ago. regulations on tobacco prod- compulsion as this.” As a result, the social and ucts, strengthening laws for 94, made famous, and invited others to sing passages of the Book of Ecclesiastes into a economic costs of smoking are smoke-free workplaces and along,many thatin a Seeger,life devoted who todied social Monday and political night at With his pal and fellow singer/songwriter powerfulHe once lyric: had “Turn! the brilliant Turn! Turn!” idea to(“To adapt ev- staggering. The surgeon gener- creating more effective tax change. WoodyHe was Guthrie, a consistent he sang resistor out for of injustice.equality erything there is a season ...”) I still get chills al’s report estimates the direct policies and public information when I listen to the Byrds’ version (yes, elec- medical costs of treating smok- campaigns to help smokers Boston, around the time I was learning to ing-related illnesses come to quit and keep non-smokers playI first the guitarheard atSeeger the height in concert of the in folk 1965, music in and worker rights. He sang out against the - $130 billion a year. Additionally, from starting. This is an issue revival he helped to spread. degradation,Vietnam War especially(“Where Have along All histhe Flowersbeloved acytrified) still of rings the song.in the songs that young people illnesses and deaths caused by that lawmakers urgently need Gone?”). He sang out against environmental singWhether around they the world know on it or behalf not, Seeger’sof peace andleg tobacco use cost the economy to address, and the time to act who spoke truth to power and gave voice as 2011 he marched and sang with Wall justice and overcoming. another $150 billion a year in is now. To many of us, he was an avuncular figure, Hudson River Valley in New York. As recently

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CRONOS public, “ he said. “I’ve lived in Musicians, activists and Obama remember Pete Seeger Continued from Page 1 Huntington a long time, and this “We originally had a targeted of community revival like what By AUGUST BROWN on an album of songs popular- demographic,” Riggs said. “But is goingthe first on timethese I’ve days.” seen a sort LOS ANGELES TIMES (MCT) ized by Seeger, and remains really its just trial and error, to The end goal of the Orpheum Pete Seeger’s death at 94 see who we can get in the door.” Project is to have a permanent leaves a huge hole in Amer- musical champion of Seeger’s Riggs remains enthusiastic venue outside the library for its ica’s moral conscience. The songsperhaps and the political most messaging. high-profile and optimistic, despite the occa- viewings. folk singer was a fixture in Willie Nelson sent a link to sional low attendance numbers. Mark Williams can be music, politics and American Seeger’s surprise set at Farm “The main thing is mak- contacted williams778@mar- life for the latter half of the Aid in 2013. shall.edu. 20th century, and he contin- Tom Morello, the Rage ued performing and speaking Against the Machine guitar- ing these films available to the in public — including at Pres- ist and an heir to Seeger’s JERSEY - ident Barack Obama’s 2009 union-song legacy as The Continued from Page 3 cial,” geared to kids who wish inauguration and during the Nightwatchman, directed fans toCall: be Learnseen as to nerds be an and NFL endure Offi Occupy Wall Street protests to “Seeger’s uncompromising —Stations from across years of bullying. — until his death on Monday. badass testimony before The the country were setting up —The National Chicken The outpouring from fellow House Un-American Activities Monday on “Radio Row” at Council estimates 1.25 billion musicians, writers and activ- Committee,” which is indeed the media center in Times wings will be eaten during the ists was immediate. an excellent way to remember Square. Things turned ugly Super Bowl. I’m surprised. Not The White House released his legacy of resistance. fast when producers for bit- by the number. That there is a a statement describing Seeger Colin Meloy of the Decem- ter rivals 790 The Ticket and “National Chicken Council.” as “America’s tuning fork,” berists described Seeger’s —Finally, world-renowned and said that “over the years, questioning before the HUAC dibs to interview Seahawks soprano Renee Fleming will Pete used his voice — and his as “a stain on our history and backupWQAM 560long-snapper brawled over firstAl sing the pregame national an- BRIAN CAHN | ZUMA PRESS | MCT hammer — to strike blows Pete was there to kick it in the Pete Seeger performs at the Clearwater Festival June 18, 2011 in New York. Throckmorton. them. In a cultural exchange for workers’ rights and civil shins.” Edward Sharpe and the Folk singer and activist Pete Seeger died Monday at the age of 94, after a long —The Children’s Museum of with the NFL, in return, Mike rights; world peace and en- Magnetic Zeros wrote that “we career collecting and championing the folk songs of the United States as well as Manhattan has an interactive Ditka will fall asleep during an vironmental conservation. will miss but never forget Pete writing his own, according to news reports.He died of natural causes in a New exhibit called “You Make the upcoming opera. And he always invited us to Seeger. Thank you for all that York hospital. sing along.” Seeger and Bruce you gave.” Springsteen performed Woody Jay Sweet, a producer at the UNION we will comply with all exist- Guthrie’s “This Land is Your Newport Folk Festival (where, AND young people’s music. - Continued from Page 3 ing rules of Northwestern, the Land” at the Obama inaugura- according to apocryphal tales, You see, without one you can’t maker and left-leaning activist Big Ten, and the NCAA.” tion ceremony. Seeger once wanted to cut have the other. ... If asked whoMichael worked Moore,with Seeger the during film labor laws. We are not tak- Colter will have ankle sur- Springsteen directed fans to a the cable to Bob Dylan’s new- how to pay tribute, my guess the Occupy movement, wrote: ing these measures out of gery later this week but hopes video of his introduction of the found electric guitar with an is Pete would say support a “Pete Seeger. What can I say. He any mistreatment from to be drafted as a receiver by legend at the concert celebrat- ax), wrote that “Pete’s advice cause, join a movement, sing said it and sang it and lived it all. Northwestern. However, we an NFL team. ing Seeger’s 90th birthday. In to me was always pretty sim- a song or just go chop some Our paths crossed many times, recognize the need to elimi- “I think the NFL will see 2006, Springsteen collaborated ple, “You need old folk’s music wood.” and I am the better for it. RIP.” nate unjust NCAA rules that him as an intelligent young create physical, academic, man who wants to protect the interests of former team- PANEL A San Francisco Superior that politicians and others and Colleges, is one of seven college athletes across the mates and college players,” Continued from Page 2 Court judge earlier this month with little understanding of private regional accrediting nation.and financial hardships for Mike McCartney, Colter’s granted a preliminary injunc- the accrediting process are groups recognized by the U.S. “To remain silent while Chicago-based agent, told the have mounted a counterattack, tion, ruling the commission applying unwarranted politi- Department of Education. The players are denied jus- Tribune. “Why would an NFL alleging that the commission’s cannot revoke City College’s ac- cal pressure to a group that California commission is made tice is to be complicit in guy be put off by a leader try- decision, which could take effect creditation until after a trial is is already being urged by the up of college faculty, admin- ing to help other guys? Kain held. A trial date has not been U.S. Department of Educa- istrators and members of the generations of college ath- won’t gain anything from of interest and political bias. set. tion to ensure that colleges public. letes.inflicting In waging injustice our on struggle, future this.” Thein July, agency’s was tainted detractors by conflicts also “The problem with any in- resolve problems quickly. President Barack Obama has contend that it lacks transpar- stitution like the commission Congress has set a two-year proposed an overhaul of the ency, is arbitrary and has been is that it’s self-regulated, self- time frame in which schools accrediting system nationwide BERNANKE occasions turned to quantita- overly aggressive in sanctioning appointed and accountable to need to improve or risk losing to focus more on graduation Continued from Page 2 tive easing. That practice, never many of the state’s 112 two- no one in how it’s spending its accreditation. rates, retention and afford- tried before, involved purchas- year schools. revenues and that’s a recipe for “The commission has the au- ability, among other measures. insurance giant American ing government and housing College advocates gained the disaster and abuse,” said U.S. thority to act as the gatekeeper Some educators argue that ac- International Group. It used bonds to drive investors out of ear of state lawmakers who Rep. Jackie Speier, D-Calif., who for federal funds and in order creditation doesn’t necessarily those powers to provide short- safe returns and into risk-taking authorized an audit examining is seeking a meeting with U.S. to act as gatekeeper we need indicate academic quality and such as stocks, which supported the practices of the accrediting Secretary of Education Arne to make decisions as the need shouldn’t be a condition for fed- U.S. corporations to keep the economic activity. panel. In addition, three lawsuits Duncan to discuss increased warrants,” Beno said. “When an eral student aid. so-calledterm financing commercial to a number paper of The efforts swelled the Fed’s are pending by faculty unions oversight of the commission. institution can’t meet standards Supporters say City Col- - holdings to above $3 trillion, and San Francisco City Attor- “What I smell is an in- in a timely way, however sad, lege should not be sanctioned ment banks changed their legal and in December, Bernanke ney Dennis Herrera, whose stitution that has driven we’re obliged to act. We didn’t because its academic record, statusmarkets to holding afloat. companies And invest in announced that the Fed would civil action alleges that the administrators of community make the decision on City Col- compared with the state’s order to get Fed life support. taper back on what had been commission acted to withdraw colleges throughout the state to lege lightly. We’re aware of the other two-year schools, is fairly $85 billion in monthly bond accreditation “in retaliation for be intimidated and shrink from potential impact on students strong. Nearly 56 percent of the Fed on three separate purchases. City College having embraced challenging them for fear of the and the community, but stan- students complete a degree or When the panic finally calmed, and advocated a different vi- consequences,” she said. dards are standards.” transfer within six years, top- sion for California’s community But agency President Bar- The commission, part of the ping the statewide average of Follow The Parthenon colleges than the ACCJC itself.” bara Beno said in an interview Western Association of Schools 49 percent. And 75 percent of on Twitter! @MUParthenon

OBAMA have used similar actions to FIREWORKS regularly updated index be- Continued from Page 2 regulate contractors. fore and during the Spring But Obama resisted using Continued from Page 2 Festival to rate air-quality minimum wage,” said Christine the power, choosing instead to conditions. The index will Owens, the executive director of the push Congress to raise the min- maimed children, Beijing ef- - National Employment Law Proj- imum wage. reports of deadly fires and ect. “I’m hopeful the president’s the central city for a decade range from “OK for fire leadership will inspire congressio- years ago publicly skeptical of afterfectively 1995. banned Fireworks fireworks re in- works”But towhether “extremely the unfit gov for- nal leaders to follow suit.” usingObama executive came into powers. office fourBut sumed, but then, in 2009, the ernmentfireworks.” would really ban Obama has known for years he’s grown more comfort- Beijing Television Cultural that he had the power to raise able trying to move his agenda Center in downtown Beijing question. the minimum wage, using as a forward, particularly after Re- fireworksThe scene displays last weekis an openin a model President Lyndon John- publicans took control of the Festival, with an unauthor- Beijing suburb known as Pi son’s executive order banning House of Representatives in caught fire during the Spring Village provided an indication gender and racial discrimina- 2010. He’s used executive pow- as the cause. of how reluctant authorities tion against employees whose ers on immigration and gun izedThis fireworks year, the displayongoing citedcon- may be to crack down on such companies had federal con- control, climate change and gay cerns about death and injury popular tradition. Nearly a tracts. Subsequent presidents rights. are overlapping with public dozen people could be seen disgust over air pollution. Al- hawking what appeared to be though smog often drops in SUPER Jersey and New York have been Beijing during the Spring Fes- that crosses the Wenyu River. 012914 Continued from Page 2 - tival — many motorists are illegalWhen fireworks approached, on the roadthe Statistics presented at the cerns in the lead-up to Sunday out of town, and industries dealers asked a foreign visi- CLASSIFIED hearing depict human traf- night’sresponding game to between trafficking the Den con- are shut or running with skel- tor if he was buying. When ver Broncos and the Seattle told no, they shied away. Just CLASSIFIED America’s underground econ- Seahawks. spike the reduced soot. That’s down the road was a sign urg- omy.ficking An as estimated a major $9.5 industry billion in The New York Port Author- especiallyeton crews true — fireworkswhen there can is ing residents to report illegal 2 x 8.0 is generated annually, said Rep. ity Bus Terminal recently little wind across the city, al- Ann Wagner, R-Mo. The average lowing pollutants to hug the the road were police cars. For forced-sex laborer is between campaign posters. Similar ground. whateverfireworks sales.reason, Also however, down the ages of 13 and 14, said Rep. postersinstalled are 25 set anti-traffickingto go up at the (The Beijing Meteorologi- they didn’t venture close to Mark Meadows, R-N.C. Newark, N.J., airport prior to cal Bureau plans to release a the river. New York state, across the the arrival of thousands of Hudson River from MetLife Super Bowl fans. Moreover, Stadium in New Jersey, host of all Amtrak stations are set this year’s Super Bowl, is one of America’s worst offenders. The awareness videos for rail trav- Empire State has the fourth- elers.to show More than human-trafficking 80,000 people highest number of incidents are expected to attend the Su- - per Bowl festivities. tion, according to the National - of human trafficking in the na ing, especially among underage Center, trailing only California, girls,The created issue of a human somber traffick atmo- TexasHuman and Trafficking Florida. Resource sphere in Monday’s hearing room.

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